In the dark ages of history, the wizarding bretheren looked to their four greatest leaders to train the next generation of witches and wizards in the school called Hogwarts... In 1980, a child named Harry Potter was born. Unknown to those who spoke of the baby boy in whispers and raised toasts to his triumph, something far greater than the banishment of a Dark Lord had occured that fateful night. A destiny had been sealed. A forgotten bloodline had emerged from the darkness to flourish in the veins of a young hero who would someday fight for the greater good of wizardkind once more...

Harry goes to Sirius's funeral in Hogsmeade and takes the first step towards emotional recovery and eventual acceptance.

The Fabulous Five (Harry, Ron, Neville, Ginny, and Luna) along with Remus, Fred, and George redecorate the library for Hermione. All the while, Harry is hiding his secret from his friends, and trying to cope when things aren't OK. Laughter and love, food and fun, pranks and paint, and another Chess Champion in this new chapter!

The kids spend the week redecorating the bedrooms, and the Order finally comes back to Grimmauld Place to have a very important meeting. Moody starts on a sensitive topic, and Remus gives Harry a box full of memories. What is the secret of this new weapon, and how powerful is it? And why is this aggressive spy so different?

Harry learns of the laws governing the werewolf community, gets a lesson from a cold warrior, Hedwig returns with a letter that has very interesting results, and he has a very painful dream that is more than it seems.

After discovering a secret passage through the walls of Grimmauld Place, Harry returns to his routine of life. The next day, Harry chooses his NEWT classes, takes Mark Evans to Diagon Alley, has a discussion with a pair of werewolves on the Knight Bus, and gets another pet that seems to be more than he is. Harry takes the first step against Fudge, and proves to the world where his heart truly lies. It's just too bad Voldemort has to go and ruin it all...

Outside his office, Snape sensed a sudden explosion of happy emotions, heard someone shout, "Yes!" and the sound of a person jumping and punching the air. Then there was a pause, when Potter would be looking back at the door to Snape's office, embarrassed and knowing that Snape had heard him, and then quick footsteps running out of the dungeons, back to the red and gold safety of Gryffindor Tower. Snape groaned and put his head in his hands again. Now he would have to face Potter in class three times a week. Just when he had gotten rid of that annoying brat, too.

Perhaps peace comes at a high price- in trying to settle a dispute between two people, Harry hurts some of his friendships. Some people are quick to forgive him, some are not, and some people can't be approached. The same anger that made these problems now blocks Harry from the solution, and he has no clue as to what it is. Maybe he should have looked at the clues and seen what defies all logic...

Harry's magic appears to be stronger than Dumbledore expected, because the dragon is able to break free of the suppression charm at the worst times, and it seems that there is something rather alarming about Cho Chang. Something happens to Harry that he can't seem to remember, and an idyllic day with a friend in Hogsmeade turns into a nightmare.

A Daily Prophet article brings up some akward issues, and Harry replaces his broken suppression charm. A dream brings forward more questions than answers, and a time of quiet in Hogwarts is broken by the appearance of the New Marauders.

For Harry, homework and his friends are the least of his worries... he has to deal with a headstrong and aggressive Inner Animal, a startling surprise about one of his teachers, checking up on the DA groups, starting his Animagus training, and his homework to boot.

Harry gets better with girls, and the author realizes that she has gotten better at writing than she was when she started, as she looks back on the earlier chapters. Harry meets Tonks's parents, gains more insight into becoming an Animagus and Occlumens, and gets another piece in the puzzle that is named Remus Lupin.

A Thestral finds a body on the driveway of the castle- but who? While Madame Pomfrey struggles to get rid of the Dark magic, Ministry officials move in to tie up everything from Hogwarts to the Department of Mysteries in red tape. Who else has returned from the supposedly dead?

Growing pressure. Growing relief. Growing danger. Growing power. Growing secrets. Growing older. Growing healthy. Growing friendly. Growing worried. Is there anything that doesn't become bigger or worse?

As Harry and Greg's article goes into print all across magical Britain, other factors are creating problems for the Ministry, too. All are unrelated- a threat by Voldemort, an intervention by Aguila, and a shift in power with the Crystal- and yet when combined with Harry's latest stumbling block, these problems create a truly confusing cocktail of reappearances, magic, and Prophecy. Only a certain centaur with the Sight and a link to the other side could have known it would happen...